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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-06-08, Page 2ir 4•a Signal -Star, Thursday, Juane 0, 1967 • -key- Of` Ftop Le Unanimity of the resolution passed by the security council of they United Nations Tuesday gives, us some assurance that the two major world 'powers, the U.S.•S,R. and the U.S,A. have .been able to take re- sponsible positions for the sake of ;saving the world from destruction. Fears that Russia, which had de- clared itself oz the side of the Arab nations in the war witli`Israel, would actually take part, have fallen away, and it appears the war in the Middle Veterans' There are approximately 975,- 000 veterans of Canada's wars • living today—and most of them will be kept mighty busy from Sunday, June 11 to Saturday, June 17. Branch 109, Royal Canadian Legion, will .attend Victoria Street United Church Sunday. By royal proclamation this period has been declared Veteran's Week—and a busy program of events to celebrate the occasion has been• arranged across Canada:.- It is fitting that during Cen- tennial year we should honor the men and women who, by their sacri- fices in times of war, and their good Studying East may be brought to a close in a matter of days. Col. Nasser's days• of bluster and high and mighty talk should novo be strictly numbered. Israel has shown what a .dangerous :bluff the Egyptian dictator" has been rim- ning. When a cease fire is imposed in the region, some positive remedial steps must be taken to, remove the irritations that have given rise to needless slaughter twice in ten years. %Week citizenship in times of peace, have. played a major part in building the Canada we ` know today. Veterans ,have been asked to wear their discharge button during the week and this, in itself, will lead to much frantic activity as many may have trouble finding "the badge of honor" which they have not worn for more than 20 years. As we pay tribute to the veter= ans who live, there will be a special thought for those who\died—more than 112,000 who made the greatest �tY� sacrifice of all and are buried in 70 countries around the world. Combined Unit The board of the Perth County. health unit has voted -to seek further information on a possible union with the Huron County unit.' ° Word that the. Ontario depart- ment .of. health is anxious for the union to take place is backed by the fact the province will increase . its. grant from 50 per cent for the single county unit to. 75 per cent for the combined unit. ° Perth medical officer of health, Dr. R. M. Aldis, who outlined the reasons for the proposed- action to the board Thursday, said a trained medical expert could ho -used over a wider area and costly duplication of his tasks could. be avoided: He said the combined unit would have a broader tax base and at the saipe time be small enough to. keep local responsibilities intact. "I • really' can't think of to r.y d ra\vbacks tb the• plan, Dr. Allis said. Perth Warden Wilfred Seebach, chairfnan of the board, said, "flight" now we have a grass rclots relation- ship with the people of the eounty. We can't afford to lose contact with the people - and. eve must Illeast.lre both the pros and cans of the union." The fact that the hoard, which includes Stratford representatives, is willing to study the possibility of - union further, is a ,healthy sign: Co-operation of Perth and Huron to provide a more efficie public health service to the \vhole region .seems to 'bink -e good sense: It is to be hoped that loth coun- ties will give the proposal serious consideration. (Stratford Beacon - Herald). Icoholic Killers The evidence is growing -that the alcoholic is a special hazard on the highways, says: Earl Damude, editor 'of The Medical Post. He quotes a study by Dr. Reginald G. Smart of the alcoholism and drug addiction research foundation of Ontario revealing that 96 -alcoholic clinic patients" had twice as many traffic accidents as the general driv- ing population. Another study shows that out of 72 fatal auto accidents 40' , in- volved alcoholics. "These highway accidents, fatal or otherwise," Damude points out, "are not caused by so-called•sacial drinkers who take a few beers and then drive home. They are caused by hard-core alco- holics who have a long history of heavy drinking ' and. whose hloot.l alcohol readings . are consistently over the -accepted limit. We are not going to see any .lowering of traffic accidents and fatalities until tough- er legislation is passed to keep alco- holics from driving. "If provincial medical associa- tions ...showed strong leadership in helping to keep alcoholics • off the highway, perhaps some such legis- lation might succeed. We can -law•, fully prevent people with ()cellar dis- orders and epilepsy ' from driving and these people constitute a minus- cule hazard compared with the alco- holic driver. The, envdence that the alcoholic driver` 13 a killer is incon- trovertible. Let us get him off the highways." , Danger Factor Recent statistics from Britain show that on the basis of mileage travelled, the accident involvement rate for motorcycles is nearly seven times as great as the -rate for cars~ A personal injury accident occurs for every 41,500 miles driven by motorcycles; for cars and taxis the figure is 282,0'00 miles. The death rate emphasizes even Established 1848 ' y� more sharply the extra . danger of two -wheel travel, says the Ontario Safety ;League. For motorcycles the rate is 19 times the rate for motor- ists. These are the traffic death rates per 100 million vehicle miles travelled in Great Britain in 1966 —motorcyclists, 36.1; motor scooter- ists, 18.1; pedal cyclists, 14.4; car ando taxi. drivers, 1.9,,, ,.commercial vehicle drivers, 1.1. 120th Year of Pr (abrrwti tgua1-'tar mica= - -D-r- The' County Town Newspaper of Huron --0-- . Published at Goilerieb, -,©ntario every Thursday morning by Signal -Star Publishing Limited ROBERT G. smu1l RR • Aafis'f' FIKJOTr President and Publisher ManaginSk Ftclitpc S. 1r. Imo, Plant Supte 1°11, w Member of C.W.N.A., and' Q.B.C. h*,-.tiw^s?:aim.-,`r:t.:4nri�m'i+liE3Y.T'.`.z'Zit:s;x�r..R�..:acs.rrw.srnr.. ...e-..�.�-.,�.. $1714) oi Rates $5 a Year—to U.S.A. $b (in advance) Authorized las Second Class Mail, Post Office . Dept., Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash ' Ph.'.lemnn Wright taking first raft down the Ottawa River, 806,' In 1800 he came to the district that is now Hull, Quebec and settled there. Wright, who was born in -Massachusetts, brought with him 25 men, ample capital, livestock and tools. The settlement became knownasWright's Village or Wrightsto-vn. By 1804 Wright had set up a grist -mill, sawmill, sin:thy, taller shop, bakery and tannery. He took the first raft of square .timber. from 'he Ottawa Valley to ' Montreal, The journey took 35 days through the ids and the raft's safe arrival at unknown rap By Rev.A.I ., Harlr\ Wesley Memorial Free Methodist Church , -*Israel and i:r.;ypt are at war. American troops boml, North V ie:it ,nt G rid tar deman'ds with - dr::wal of British. force's. Con—f. mumbreaks: inspired riots break out in nom! Kon;.. So read the ire:tel. liners 01 fr' air newspapers. grave, We ° lige in t;'oubled• times. Some have suggested that the U:lit'>1N:.ttions intRanizatioit is crumbing:, in much the sa me man. ner as the League of Nations., All Of our talk :11;out coo+twill and the broth (Thom: of man seem to have ::mounte_•ei ,o :ihsolutely nothink; The U N. Se+•r* 1:'ry General lits expresser; fears of third vorl+l wti+r 1.1 s,,x1i Itimw`s veinal sloes . the C10 1dt-i,in to say to our Situntta.n- Term rn, it would .ippl-':ir that the church iritis faChinn :!eel Vietna•m— have had the Christi:an mesS:we fo;• years. Sorne }'e_>rs :,-Fc, I prayed in a beautiful Christian ctiu ^c,h , in the Arabian port of Aden' What has the Christian massage done for these coun.. tries? Many would'say, nothing. As a minister of the Christian . church, I am responsible to, pro- claim the Gospel of Christ, the Prince of Peace: Even on a local level, I am not able to convince and convert all the population of m community 1 am lot even y •e Prom the Imperial Oil Collection r 4' Moicreal signalled the inauguration of the Ottawa Valley lumt'er trade. Later he had a steamboat built for him, The Union of Ottawa, W:1; 311 became the first steamboat on the Ottawa, ` Wright and his associates were .granted one (quarter of the Township of Hull, and for his. efforts in cultivation hemp he was granted an additional 1200 acres. Hull grew, into a strong comrnu ity in the space of a few yearsand Wright became - known as the Father ylf the Ottawa. (This historical -feature is one of. a series readers may wish.to clip and save.) essages From The It able to work miracles en toto at the limited confines of my own pari' ii. Any minister will. tell' you the sane Years of faithful service e•':in he devoted to a church, and tti.e congregation m•�y not seem much different #vrhen the parson le';i'.e•s :t: church, than when he came to it. Ilow m�ich less are w.• ...Ole to change the thinking of 'I. '' 111•t' nation? To many, this would suggest failure•. But this I know. .Even though multitudes ma; not be affected for ' the good by our Gospel, many are. Ordinary peo. pie in every walk of life have discovered a faith that works. lt, is a living, vital thing. It gives serenity and stability to life. It Brio:es the individual to cope with the situations of day t ; c'.:e.} living. It is a stabilizing factor for the troubled tim ?s. This is the area in which the C hr is tlh-n ntessa demptive work — in the, lives of -individuals. Admittedly, this is :a much slower way than the re. yoluntionary methods of Comm. , unism, which enable 'it to bring entire nations under. its power. But the Christian message gets to the heart .of things because it ' gets,te the heart of people. • Jesus Christ when on earth devoted His .time to tw'4ve men, not,,to rhe masses. He had mult. itudes of superficial . followers, but He did not entrust His mese /// LETTERS TO 11.1 EDITOR rezil/zz • z Eider Sir: I am `acing, this opportunity to write to you because F am a ; discontented young Canadian; , .•y To be brief; my discontent arises from the fact that work. ing Canadians under the age of twenty-one years pay, proport. Tonal to our purchases and in. comes, the same ameunt.of taxes' as those working people of the legal ' age of twenty-one years; nevertheless, we do not - have a ",franchise. The quotation, "Taxation with. out representation is tyranny" was uttered in the British Col- onies in America in the, late eighteenth century. Eventually, this":and ether causes led to the revolution of those colonies. Surely, in this twentieth century, Canada cannot be looked upon' as a country governed by ty. ranny;however, we under twenty. , one years of age, who constitute a portion of the labour force are being • taxed without repre. s eniation. I am of the feeling that if we cannot Ni'ote for it why should we pay for it, conversely, if we pay for it why can't we vote for it? After many hours of thought and discussion with fri. ends, I have been unable to an.. swer these -questions. 1 realize minorities are to be protected in this great dem. ocracy; however, I am sorry to say, and not too quick 'to admit that we are not even a minority since we have no vote. 'tour only obligation, therefore, to cor. rect this unjust situation, is a moral obligation as a true Can. adi"an' and a believer in the ways of democracy, and I trust that shortly this situation will be cor. rested either by giving us the vote or by making us exempt, at least to an extent, of all taxes. R.A. Nicholson, 521 Dufferin Avenue; London, Ontario. (Copy to Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Ottawa) *Se T. PRY!E& SQA •.- Memorrals Pined Stone and Pxperienoed Workmanship hq ..._.. �yQ1kY:Cutl ,,1=+- .......�l�■ �y.y■�:� L(Cq,T..•q... ... e vow: s� .:1 k q.rv✓w,s � n . "S-..�. �.daY .�:iv...i. ..."1.Mtinv/C�r_�w�� ran C Wnll'1 REPRESENTATIve 5247861 or .200 . - 624-9465 cv 4 • a ord sage 'to them, Rather, .it was to the eleven disciples who" really - 'got the message' that He gave His gospel to carry to the world. This same principle applies to. day. Generally, it is by the quiet witness of humble Christian lives, that the message is shar- ed with :others: Housewives, office clerks, factory workers, people from real life, have found a - sustaining faith. and are find., ing this. faith sufficient for the circumstances ofdaily existence. Perhaps we can't offer easy • solutions for a troubled` world. This we can and do. offer. •A faith for daily living. A viable, deeply satisfying faith for you. Christ, who lives today, provides such a faith. This kind of Christ. ianity heconles som ?thing ; more than our weekly w•irship. It be. comes the very fibre 'of life. In these anxious days, How is e faith' Let tis share together this prayer- Father, some today are saying that you are dead. But I believe that you are alive today.In these drys of anxiety and fear, give to me a sustainin„ Coast. Tan experience w:tli 'I'!iv Son Jesus Chris', ;tt .t I might he obit 1>11a:•,•1>1e• calmly' in Tia) 51 +.r,t'tii.. Amen. - Davm Meni ory Lane 55 MRS AW, 1912, " cil's June session at the ourt house here on Wednesday,, '.tee • A trout page story of The Sig• 12. starting Mo:iday, cPunCalO1'5 a nal ,published June treaded "Publicity f underneath, - the iv of the article we as follows: "Coun y council asked to inaugurate a campaign fpr the development of this. county to off• set theJlow of capital and pop. ulation to the West -what is being done for Laxnbton and other.coun. ties should be done for Ilurod a .general advance movement is desired." - P . ' An editorial in the same issue of" the Signal made this comment, -regarding the future of''Hi4ron county as a fruit growing .belt: ,'This would be a splendid dev., elopnent and judging from the way things are moving in God. erich township at present; it is not an improbable one. ' ' One thing' that will be needed though •--:will be better trans. portation facilities such as an electric, railway would furnish. The devious ways 'of one J. W. Moyes have made the history of electric railway enterprise in this district a sad one put; under different auspicet, an electric railway through the fruit belt of Goderich township to Bayfield and onto Zurich and Egeter, ought to be a good proposition:" 912 WAS �' on" and will visa various. parts 'o. the ° _oountLta inspect road andbridy in 'highlights ,cons#ruction projects, mater ty,} e abbreviated will travel to London where they will visit several educational in. stitutions° 'The precision drill squad of the Royal Canadian Air Cadet ° Squadron at Goderich ,will be' a feature attraction of the .many displays to be held. at Station Clinton,• Saturday, during events planned there• to celebrate our.:. (iationai Air•Force Day° b former, minister of As, and Ripley Prosbyteriarx churn ches came back to visit his old charges on Sunday and brotiglit With him. a special choir for the ocassion. Now of Roseville, Mic. higan,'Rev, J. R, Ma.cDonaldpre. ached sermons at both of his for. mer Ontario charges. , The Blue Water sports • car club staged a time trials,�competitbon at the old. Port Albert airport on' Sunday afternoon. More than 25 low -slung,`° powerful sports cars from various parts of Mie. higan and Ontarioroared_�tYer.the_. -. cerneuf runway course, ektending ever one ;and one-half miles. ONE YEAR AGO, 1966 A unique medical study in Hu., ron county is letting senior stir, AGO, izens know somebody does care. Lorne W'.rk Goderich s electedpre. Stcg the beginning of May, 11 sident of the Goderich industrial public hlth nurses, directed , softball league at an organization by Dr. R. M. Aldis, Huron's meeting held here Wednesday medical health officer, and ass. night of Fast week. Eight teams ,,.,..is'ted by Miss Margaret Atkin. will be operating in the league, son, a University of Western They are: Purity Flour; Domco; Ontario student, have been inter• Imperial Oil; Frosty Cops; God• viewing a cross-section of the erich Manufacturing; M.?icDortald more than •12,000 ection noqual• Electric; Applejacks and Coca ified persons in the county. Cola.. Contributions to tie - Lions The study has two main par.—, Club's Memofti,3li*ena german. poses: °first, -to assess the pro. ent floor campaign moved up b Gino elder citizens. arks $706, during the past week to. fin $ of helping them, make a grand total up to noon and secondly to encourage mun. Wednesday of $4,614. DeadliZe icipalities to assist those over for • the campaign is Saturday, 65 to retain a .pxrposel''ul role June 14; the objective is $12,000. Old-timers from as far away as St. Petersburg, Florida, Tirn• m ins and Calgary, have indicated ters and Joinery' are Meeting they intend to visit Goderich for tonight to hear details of a pro. Old Homo W µ�tw :, August -'3 O. 7, posal aimed at ending the strike This report is based oh replies at Goderich Manufacturing, Corn. to invitations sent out by the pany. Howard Preszcatar', chair: secretary of the old horns week man of the local, said the pro• committee, E.F. Sale, Invitations prowl comc's out of a meeting are . moiled onw,post-cards sho'V • Tuesday between un1 on and com. ing a picture of. the court house, pany representatives ain London. taken in 1892. 15 YEARS 1952 in thecommunity. Members of Mesal 3Q54 of the united Brotherhood o: Carpen. TEN YEARS AGO, 1957 Members of Huron county coun. cil will go on•a two -.day bus tour preceding the opening of conn. Sales of Rotary international plowing match "official" hats are approaching 200, president Dr. Frank Mills reported at Tues. day's Rotary meeting, 5 ,1.-•1 By Art Elliott Mr The character of1he working off on some favorite subject -has weeks changes drastically and— ""dr""awn ' deafening silence. Evid. ently. the need• for, fire and brim., stone talk is more conversational than real. News story from Stratford tells of an interesting proposal to hire college students dressedasburns • to patrol tfie'parks'there, with;an eye out�ror vandalism. Police this week we find ourselves with another mixed bag of news stor. ies, with many, interesting com. ing events :appearing on the hor. izon. News stories in this'issue tell of the coming of the Centennial caravan on Sunday, a church par. ade by Brandi -M; Royal Cis„ ChieL Er --i{.,- Anderson . of Strata ti adian Legion marking Veterans' • lord thought the undercover men, w.ek. in Canada, the forthcoming perhaps dressed . as beatniks,- , archives room' might •be able to infiltrate the opening of the new at H aron pioneer museum, a con. ranks of the parks vandals; and cert to be presented by a noted get results. Nothing came of the • To -..onto boysi choir; big Cee. proposal, but it might very well tennial doings in Colborne Town• have worked. Imagine the adven. ture stories that could be writ. ten under titles like "I was a tram~ for Goderich Police", or "I was a Beachcomber for the of Harbor ' com rni•ttee''I• ship June 14, 15' and 16, and so i goes - Our offer to mvke the edit. orial columns open to the pens to those who • would 1'ikd' tee FRESH SHANK END Ham ofPork Save 20c lb.,- Ideal For•The Barbecue SPARE RIBS SP Cottage R�iIs •t - WE SPECIALIZE IN DOING ALL FORMS pF CUSTOM KILLING — CURING_ and SMOKING OF MEATS OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OPEN THURSDAY- FRIDAY. 'TFI. 9 P.M. FEATURING "I4orine Dressed Inspected Meats • ---._ x._524=8531 •